New gas leak at site of Taiwan explosion  

高雄气爆区再有气体外泄 现场已封锁

据台湾“中央社”报道，高雄气爆酿重大伤亡，正全力救灾，但8日上午又传出事故路段有气体外泄，现场已经封锁。现场气体检验报告显示，不明气体成分复杂，包括丙烯、乙烯、丙烷、乙烷等4种气体。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A gas leak was reported Friday morning at the same site of the fatal gas explosions that occurred last Thursday in Taiwan's Kaohsiung City.

Local media said staff at the site had put on masks and cordoned off the area due to an odd smell, and that reporters had also been asked to evacuate.

An inspection showed that there were at least four types of gas leaking, including propene, ethene, propane and ethane. What's more, the mixed gas had a low flash point, with the intensity getting higher.

An investigation is underway.

The underground gas explosions that hit the area at about midnight on Thursdad left 30 people dead and 310 injured.